by Kristi Zappie-Ferradino | Jun 28, 2024 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator
In 2020, NDIA convened a group of digital inclusion practitioners to establish a definition for the term “digital navigator.” The term described a model for digital inclusion built upon years of similar work, tailored for the new realities of the time. Together, NDIA...
by Ryan Collins | Nov 27, 2023 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps, Policy
The ACP recently reached a new high of 22 million households benefitting from the program. However, those households are now all at risk of losing internet access if the program loses funding. To help Congressional members understand the repercussions if Congress...
by Lo Smith | Jul 24, 2023 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
This month, we mark three years since NDIA first introduced the “digital navigator” model. The first NDIA Digital Navigator Working Group met in April 2020 and worked quickly, with the pandemic and lockdown fueling the urgency to solve digital inequities. By July...
by Lo Smith | May 25, 2023 | Digital Navigator
NDIA had the privilege of training and supporting a total of 105 participants with the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley over the past year. This regional model combined the efforts of neighboring library networks Ramapo Catskill Library Council and Mid-Hudson...
by Amanda Madden | Nov 30, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
AMERIND and Cayuse Native Solutions Share Digital Inclusion Progress in Tribes Throughout Native American Heritage Month, our amazing partners at AMERIND Critical Infrastructure provided us with information on how Tribal entities continue to strive for digital...
by Angela Siefer | Sep 7, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) announced today 18 grant recipient organizations, who will together launch the National Digital Navigator Corps. The grants are part of $10 million of support from Google.org, which will go toward hiring community-based...
